There are four churches within a block of the house, and when the weather is nice and the doors are open I can hear the services from outside.  I like walking through the neighborhood on Sunday because the sermons overlap as I pass by, which just sounds cool.  I also live within a block of a very fine establishment called The Pink Elephant, where ( Read more... )

Posting from the airport because they have free WiFi, which is really nice.  The whole world should be equipped with free WiFi.

Thursday was my last day of work.  They gave me a good review, although I don't really think I deserved it.  I am so relieved to be out of there.  A coworker made us all little owls out of painted river rocks as an end of ( Read more... )

The area that I live in is very fond of Bigfoot.  It is the Gateway to Bigfoot Country, after all.  The (in?)famous Patterson film was taken about 30 miles from here.  Many of the local businesses have Bigfoot feet painted on their sidewalks or in their stores.  There is even a museum, which I will have to take pictures of at some point before I ( Read more... )

...the Sheriff's Report in the local paper is kind of amusing.  A few choice quotes:

“…caller says he was run over by a male in a wheelchair.”

“…man reports a vegetation fire; it is determined to be in a marijuana field on private property.”

“…caller reports a note was left on his truck saying to move on.”

“…caller reports receiving a suspicious ( Read more... )